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Introducing Ana Sokolovic

Ana SokolovicThe presentation of a new work in the form of a commissioned piece continues to be an important part of the Banff International String Quartet Competition, and follows a tradition observed by most international competitions.

CBCFor the 2010 competition, we are pleased to announce Ana Sokolovic as the composer for this round. Sokolovic's work is co-commissioned by The Banff Centre and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Ana Sokolovic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1968. She studied composition with Dusan Radic and with Zoran Eric. She completed a master’s degree at Université de Montréal under the direction of José Evangelista. She also attended a composition workshop with Tristan Murail and Denys Bouliane in the summer of 1997.

Her repertoire consists of works for orchestra, for piano, and several pieces of chamber music. Several works have been performed in Canada, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Iceland, Belgium, Great Britain, and Ukraine.

She has received commissions from the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the Esprit Orchestra, Société de Musique Contemporaine du Québec, the dance companies Brune and Cas Public, the Molinari String Quartet, the Bozzini String Quartet, the Orchestre baroque de Montréal, the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal, the Queen of Puddings Music Theatre Co., the Bradyworks, the Jeunesses musicales du Canada, the Soundstreams, the Adaskin String Trio, the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, the Fibonacci trio, the Phœnix Trio, Arraymusic, Evergreen Gamelan, and many soloists.

In 1995 and 1998 Ana Sokolovic was three times winner in the Competition for Young Composers of SOCAN. In 1996, Ambient V was chosen to represent Canada at UNESCO’s International Rostrum of Composers in Paris. In 1999, Géométie sentimentale obtained a first prize in chamber music category and Grand Prix of 13th CBC Radio National Competition for Young Composers.

In 2005 she wrote her first opera, The Midnight Court, for Queen of Puddings Music Theatre Co., which was performed at the Royal Opera House, London, England, in June 2006. In 2005, Ana Sokolovic won the Joseph S. Stauffer Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts in recognition of her exceptional talent and achievement in composition. In 2007 she won the Prix Opus Prize, presented by Quebec Music Council, for composer of the year. In 2008 she won Jan Matejcek SOCAN’S Prize for concert music.

Ana Sokolovic lives in Montreal and teaches as a guest composition professor at the Université de Montréal.